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| scooby391114
- Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:34 pm |
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Hi. I am a 45 year old man who had an accident 5 years ago. Since that time I have chronic low back pain and I have progressed into full depression. My pain doctor has me on several medicines but I don't think he is up on depression. The medicines I am taking are Wellbutrin, Lexapro, Lyrica, Avinza, Soma, Lunesta and Valium. I have looked at a lot of sites on the internet and the dosages for Lexapro are 10mg or 20mg. My doctor has me on 80mg a day. Yes 4 20mg tablets every morning. Is this too much? It is making my sex life terrible, I have very bad dry mouth actually I have every side effect there is for Lexapro. If I lower the dosage will it alleviate some of my symptoms?
Thank You very much in advance.
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| Theresa Jones, RN
- Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:00 am |
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 Hi scooby391114,
The typical dosage of Lexapro is 10-20mg a day. Dosages greater than this are not typically recommended. The symptoms that you describe are listed side effects of Lexapro. I would not encourage you to adjust any dosage without first consulting your physician. I would very strongly suggest that you talk to both your primary physician as well as your pharmacist.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Theresa Jones, RN
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